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Hornbill Mask (Ge gon)

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Hornbill Mask (Ge gon)

Dan, 1900

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Hornbill Mask (Ge gon)

Dan, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, fur, plant fiber, iron, paint, 14 3/16 × 5 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (36 × 13.3 × 18.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1985.284
With hornbill beak (Gaegon) [KWG note 12/12/12 - this does not look like the standard hornbill mask]
African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.

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